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Autos

The Buick Riviera Heritage and the Case for a Proper Rear-Wheel-Drive Performance Coupe

The Buick Riviera began with a chance encounter in London during the late 1950s. General Motors design chief Bill Mitchell saw an angular 1955 Rolls-Royce moving through the fog and imagined an American luxury coupe with similarly formal proportions and a stronger sporting character. That idea eventually became the 1963 Riviera, a vehicle that gave […]

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